Free votes in the House of Commons since 1979
A list of known free (not whipped) votes in the House of Commons since 1979.
Some Members representing Welsh constituencies called for a meeting of the Welsh Grand Committee in order to discuss the impact on Wales of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010. The Secretary of State, Cheryl Gillan, declined. This Note gives a very brief account of the business of the Committee and a list of its previous meetings.
Welsh Grand Committee (77 KB , PDF)
Some Members representing Welsh constituencies called for a meeting of the Welsh Grand Committee in order to discuss the impact on Wales of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010. The Secretary of State, Cheryl Gillan, declined. This Note gives a very brief account of the business of the Committee and a list of its previous meetings.
This paper is no longer being updated. For related information, please see Library briefing CBP-8318, “A process, not an event”: Devolution in Wales, 1998-2018.
Welsh Grand Committee (77 KB , PDF)
A list of known free (not whipped) votes in the House of Commons since 1979.
A briefing paper which "maps" (or summarises) the main elements of the United Kingdom's uncodified constitution.
Statements made by the Speaker deprecating the making of key policy announcements before they are made in the House of Commons.